How to become naturally funny?

[MarikYo]

I am not naturally funny. Most of my jokes and humor I got from comedy shows, reading comedy books or friends.

Ive spent a large amount of time memorizing funny peoples sayings, comedy speeches and even translated humor from other languages.

Ive got at least 2-3 jokes for any theme.

The question was...

How to become naturally funny?

[melsmo]

Hmmm...well people tell me I'm one of the funniest people they know and yet I'm also the quietest and the shyest. Now how can this be possible you ask? Well what happens is I don't worry about trying to memorize jokes or study comedians I just live my life and the funny seems to follow. Just on an average day things usually happen that are just ridiculous and often hilarious situations. Whether it be something you saw happen to someone as they were walking down the street, the way a situation or conversation played out in your head or just some random encounter or awkward moment. My advice to you would be don't try so much to be funny by memorizing jokes, scenarios, stand up or comedians demeanor, because in the end it sounds rehearsed, unauthentic and you seem like a copy cat or a person who's trying to be something they are not. Instead just be yourself live your life how it was intended without trying to infuse funny, let the funny come to you and you may not be naturally funny which is okay everyone isn't supposed to be funny if that was the case the nothing would ever get done because people would be too involved in cracking jokes on each other. Be more comfortable with who you are and live life through your own eyes and you will start to realize that the World and the life you lead is actually very funny.

[AlwaysBelieving]

^this^

[Anonymous]

humor and being funny is about being truly intelligent and being able to see the forest through the trees, keeping thing in perspective and knowing the human condition and human expectations. it's about allowing people to see the world through a new light.

So "becoming naturally funny" firstly is paradoxically impossible. You aren't naturally funny which is why you have asked this question. imho, I think it can be developed but not created from scratch.

It truly is about intelligence and having a high social and emotional IQ.

Try dissecting good jokes, or sketch comedy from Stephen Fry or just a good joke that anyone will laugh at or understand? Ever wonder why it is actually funny in the first place?

How can you make others laugh if you yourself cannot get to the root of the human condition and comical quirks of our daily lives.

[NonchalantBro]

BA

[skittledittle]

people think I'm hilarious and I really don't think so, but I'll tell you my secret to being "naturally funny":

be yourself.

everybody has comical moments. you can't be the life of the party twenty-four hours a day, all the time, every moment. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out why people laugh at the things coming out of my mouth. I just say exactly how I feel. I make sure I find humor in anything that stresses me out, and I do the same for friends going through something. I'm just really weird, to be honest. I make faces and noises and I'm completely shameless about it.

do whatever comes to you naturally. don't think about it because that makes it awkward for everybody.

and just to let you know, I WISH I could remember lines from funny movies! it's so frustrating when there's a moment and I cannot get the words out

[posted]

Lol well it seems it would come natural, translating humor seems nuts and unless you are trying to be a professional comedian a lot of the time its just saying something funny when they say something to you or ask for help, when you get to know the person it is easier to tell what kind of humour they like. And memorizing sketches and especially translating jokes is nuts. A lot of the time you can say funny things from recent or popular movies. But everyone in my generation is glued to their phone, has little knowledge of what is going on in the world and probably isn't going to get most of the humour.

[MarikYo]

I never memorize a joke word by word. I may memorize some phrases and improvise from there. In my opinion some nationalities are funnier than others. I am one of the people who likes to use "sharp humour" which only people with high intelligence level will understand. Europeans and south Americans on general are more likely to use sharp humour than north Americans. Therefore, I like to translate some of their jokes.

I wanna learn how to be "spontaneously" funny... its a great gift to have

[posted]

It is I guess hasn't netted me a girlfriend yet though lol.

[MrNameless]

The trick is to not try too hard, as people can see through that. Try to be deadpan about it. Sarcastic jokes go a long way. Puns are easy but they are the lowest forms of comedy, only above toilet humor

[Stacyzee]

Well if I tell you how to be naturally funny,

that defeats the purpose of being "natural".

Just be yourself, and let the jokes you have heard out.

Say them with meaning, and passion.

As you will notice a lot of comedians have people that either hate or love them.

Not everyone will find your jokes funny, that comes with the territory.

[rudy37lee]

You can't change yourself to become 'naturally' anything. That'd be like me saying, how do I acquire naturally large boobs? Uh, you're born with them. If you have it naturally, you've never had to 'do' anything to get it.

[Olivia9]

Well you can't become naturally funny your either born with it or not, its like saying how do I become naturally blonde.

[MarikYo]

well people who are naturally shy can overcome that bad quality and become very social... isn't it the same thing with being funny?

[Olivia9]

Not really, it;s just you you're not funny once you stop trying maybe you'll be funny but people that try too hard and force it are unfunny. So I guess stop trying to be funny is the answer. It's not like being shy is like being untalented, like a singer who is tone deaf, or a naturally boring person that tries to be interesting but it doesn't work because that's just who they are, boring.

[nermalinda]

The key to being naturally funny is being able to laugh at things, seeing things as funny, seeing the funny IN things.

If life makes you laugh, then you can make others laugh naturally.

[Aizou]

I don't think you can

"become" naturally funny

but that doesn't mean that

you can't be funny.. ^-^

[MarikYo]

people tell me that I am funny (sometimes I am) but they don't know how much work I had to go through and how many humor books I had to read :)

[Aizou]

I'm sure you can be hilarious.. ^-^

so you mean natural, as in the spur

of the moment funny?

yea, even you have that ability, but remember, every

person has a different kind of humour.. ^-^

comedians are going through a lot to write jokes

and study different kinds of humour too, they're

not neccesarily "naturally funny" ..^-^

[ladywine]

this guy is just naturally funny, adopt his attitude

https://youtu.be/wL6aDrzs3Fs

[LonelyandInTheDark]

being naturally funny comes from innate talent and being clever.

a lesson that I have learned- you will fail if you TRY to be funny.

[MarikYo]

but if I'm not gonna try I will not be funny... When I do try even on my bad days 50% of the phrases or things I think are funny are actually funny. When I don't try I can be monotonous and occasionally without intentions to be funny may say funny things

[xzinax2]

just let it go,not everybody is meant to be funny,it's something that comes naturally.

[Anonymous]

Just let it come to you, since you have absorbed all these jokes from others it should be like a routine almost. Hang out with funny people, fun and wild people, see how they act. Don't overthink it though, that will only leave you dazed and confused(See what I did there, reference to the actual movie Dazed and Confused ahaha) ... Well yeah you know what I mean!

Good Luck! x

[AlwaysBelieving]

Jokes are only one form of being funny.

There's physical comedy / funny.

What you say in response to others.

Etc. Hope this helps.

[MarikYo]

"Etc." helped me a lot :)

[Dancer_Heavens]

Naturally funny people usually have funny stories about things that happened in their life. Just talk about the stupid/retarded/hilarious things that happen at work, college, in relationships, etc.

[ImSoSozzled]

This is when having a personality comes in handy.

[Jase95]

Be yourself and chill out man.

[MarikYo]

Idk how about you but I try to be a leader and best at everything I do. I assume being myself is a great advice once you have a basic foundation...

[Anonymous]

be yourrself, be laid back, tell a lot of jokes